Cine Zapatesque

Morning on the upstairs terraza.

It's been a good plant year.

Sept. 28, 2011. The 477th anniversary of the Mexican town.

September surprise in the Ranchito yard, an almost overnight appearance of proud masculinity.

Sidewalk vendor in Mexico.

Café Europa on Avenida Madero, the city's main drag.

Summertime brings these big, dramatic blooms that sometimes blow in the mountain winds.

Felipe hauls it around the go-cart racetrack in Michoacán. It's pedal to the metal for the old goat.

Something's burning in the barrio. Not rare. Almost certainly trash. It ain't Hollywood or Houston either.

Ranchito hallway with sun flitting through small skylight.

As enjoyed from the downstairs terraza. Sometimes life is simple.

Much of Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning is dedicated to fixing the pastries. Here's just a moment or so of fixing the pastries.

An early morning in May of 2011. The municipal government says this is the largest city plaza in Mexico after the Zócalo in Mexico City. Maybe it is.

This is a corner of the living room. The skeletal woman starting the clip is life-sized and made of papier mâché.

Homemade pastries sold out of a wicker basket on the Plaza.

This shows what a spectacular view we have of the Hotelito de Mal Reputito from the far corner of the upstairs terrraza. The sinners over there don...

The train is part of our everyday life, both night and day. Oddly, you get used to it, and we rarely hear it at night. Truth is, we've grown to lov...

Downstairs we go and then into the Ranchito kitchen.

In January 2010 we bought this house as an investment and as a potential place for my wife to live in the distant future. For the most part, it sit...

Semi-circular shot of the neighborhood from the Ranchito roof. It ain't Brentwood. The big yellow building in the second half of the video is the H...

The upstairs terraza gets wet.

One sunny May morning on the upstairs terraza with nuttin' to do.

A breezy Sunday afternoon in downtown Pátzcuaro, full of tourists.

A stroll through the Ranchito yard one morning in May.

From living room to downstairs terraza to sit a spell. This was the first video I made, and I had not learned all the camera adjustments. But it's ...